Signs That You May Be Bugged

1. Other know your confidential business or professional trade secrets
2. Secret meetings appear less secret
3. People seem to know your activities when they should not
4. You have noticed strange sounds or volume changes on your telephone lines
5. You have noticed static, popping, or scratching sounds on your telephone lines
6. Sounds are coming from you telephone handset when it is hung up
7. Your telephone often rings and no one is there or a very faint tone or high-pitched squeals/beeps are briefly heard
8. Your am/fm radio and television suddenly develops unexplained interference
9. Your car radio suddenly develops interference & acts strange
10. You have been the victim of a burglary- although nothing was taken
11. Electrical outlets appear to have been tampered with
12. Clocks, lamps, exit signs, etc. appear to have been moved and are crooked or appeared tampered with
13. Dry wall dust or ceiling debris is notice on the floor or other areas in your home/office
14. An eavesdropper sends you a copy of your private conversations.
15. You notice that utility companies or workers are spending excessive time near your home or office
16. Utility workers show up at your home or office unannounced
17. Door locks appear to have tampered with
18. Furniture is moved and no one knows why
19. You notice that "Phone Company" trucks and utilities workers are spending a lot of time near your home or office doing repair work.

This list is not comprehensive; depending on your circumstance, there may be other signs that you have been bugged.

Types of Bugs and How They Work:

The most common Eavesdropping Transmitters (telephone and room type) were originally designed to be operated in or near the standard FM broadcast band of 88 - 108MHz. However, in order to lessen the possibility of inadvertent discovery, current eavesdroppers now use frequencies that are either above or below the standard band. A number of commercially available transmitters will adjust their transmitting frequency just off each end of the standard band so that frequencies between 78 - 88MHz and 108 - 118MHz may also be used. On the high end, the transmitters broadcast directly on many aircraft frequencies. On the low end they may be picked up on standard television receivers. A large number were made to operate in the 150 - 475MHz area. And, the latest Eavesdropping Transmitters now utilize the higher frequencies above 3 GHz. These extremely high frequencies provide considerably less chance of detection during Counter Surveillance "sweeps" performed with outdated low frequency equipment.

To conserve battery power, some transmitters are voice activated and start transmitting automatically when sounds or conversations begin and turn off when sounds cease. Many Telephone Transmitters start when the telephone is picked up and turn off when the telephone is hung up. Of course, any conversation that can be monitored can also be recorded. The recording may be done manually or automatically through the use of "carrier switches" that start and stop the recorder whenever the eavesdropping transmitter turns on and off. The receiver-recorder may be placed in the trunk of an auto located a considerable distance from the actual site being monitored. In this manner the Eavesdropper need only return to the auto periodically to replace tapes.

The Most dangerous bugs: Wall socket transmitters, body worn transmitters, lamp transmitters, series and parallel telephone transmitters, bumper beepers and GPS location devices, and the infinity transmitter.

THE MOST DEVASTATING and most commonly used Eavesdropping Device!

THE "INFINITY" TRANSMITTER
While most individuals are somewhat guarded in their telephone conversations, they still rather naively feel secure in the "privacy" of their own home or office. And, that definitely makes this "bug" the one to fear most! Not only because of its capability, but due to the large number now in the hands of government agencies, professional industrial spies, unscrupulous business competitors and private individuals. Also, referred to in various configurations as "Hook switch" bypass, "Third Wire" tap, "Harmonica Bug", etc. They all have basically the very same function . . . to intercept all conversations in the vicinity of the telephone instrument or wherever the unit is installed. The "INFINITY" Transmitter transforms any telephone into a sensitive "Bug" that will actually pick up all sounds and conversations within a 400 square foot area . . . with the TELEPHONE REMAINING "ON THE HOOK"!

The Eavesdropper simply calls the telephone number of the victim and remotely activates the device before the telephone rings. Constantly updated over the past 30 years, this device most often requires introduction of a particular frequency tone, combination of tones, or external voltage (requiring no ring) introduced into the telephone line to trigger the unit. The unit can be hidden directly inside the telephone or anywhere along the line on the premises. Size varies from 1" x 2" to 2" x 3" with either 2 or 4 wires leaving the unit depending upon function.

Our bug detection units will locate any wireless audio or video bug in your home, business or vehicle (GPS Tracking Bugs), INCLUDING phone line transmitters. Note: to scan your vehicle for GPS Bugs - you must start the vehicle and drive it around 1 mph to wake-up the motion sensitive GPS device while scanning. Also perform a visual search underneath the car (looking for a small black box) and under the hood next to the cars battery.

Opportunities in Bug Sweeps:

Demand is now booming for individuals trained in Counter Surveillance techniques. Every newspaper and magazine article and every radio and TV report discussing some new episode involving Electronic Eavesdropping and bugging devices continues to increase the ever growing demand for Electronic Counter Surveillance sweeps and equipment. This unique combination of limited supply and great demand has now created a situation where Counter Surveillance sweep rates exceeding $250 PER HOUR are now considered reasonable and appropriate.

"MODERN OFFICE TECHNOLOGY", one of the most respected and highest circulation business publications reviewing the very latest in office technology has reported the following fees as typical for a medium size electronic sweep:

5 rooms..................$1,500.00
 
11 phones.................1,043.00
 
3 speakerphones........125.00
 
Written report.............125.00
 
Total $2,863.00

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